It's not that people's appearance has changed, but that people's hearts have become unfathomable and they have begun to kill each other for the sake of fighting for interests.

It’s no different than the animal world where people fight for territory, but there are also differences.

Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, but the Ruan family disregarded family ties.

The blood ties buried in the body become unfamiliar and mutually restrained in the face of interests.

Uncle Ming went out for a while and when he came back he was holding a document in his hand, which was exactly the same as the one that Tao Hongmei had torn up.

Because Ruan Zhengsheng had already anticipated that Tao Hongmei would make a fuss, he had prepared several copies.

Uncle Ming paused in the living room. Even though he couldn't bear it, he still stepped forward, handed over the document, and said in a businesslike tone, "Madam, please sign."

He took the initiative to open the document, turned to the last page, then took out a pen, removed the cap, and handed it to Tao Hongmei who was slumped on the ground.

Tao Hongmei's body shook, her crying stopped for a moment, and then started again.

Ruan Tiantian looked at this scene and asked anxiously, "Uncle Ming, where is my dad? Where is he?"

"Yes." At this time, Tao Hongmei raised her head from her palm, looked at Uncle Ming with red and swollen eyes, and asked with a heavy nasal tone, "Where is Ruan Zhengsheng?"

Uncle Ming remembered that before Ruan Zhengsheng left, he had told him not to tell anyone about his departure.

So he was silent for a moment, and then made up an excuse: "The president has an appointment with a partner, so he should be in Province K right now."

"Madam, please sign." Uncle Ming reminded again.

Tao Hongmei brushed away the documents and pen in his hand and said stubbornly, "No, I don't want to sign. Ask him to come see me, otherwise I won't sign!"

Uncle Ming picked up the item, handed it to Tao Hongmei, and emphasized again: "Madam, the president is not in the city, please sign it."

Tao Hongmei dodged it, stepped back a distance, and kept shaking her head: "I won't sign! I'll wait until he comes back!"

Uncle Ming was silent, and finally he sighed and advised: "Madam, please sign it."

Tao Hongmei burst into tears again, and she cried, "I don't want a divorce..."

Even if the two of them continue to hate and kill each other, even if her dreams are shattered, she does not want a divorce, let alone being laughed at by thousands of people.

As long as she could maintain the old glory, she would rather nothing had happened, would rather pretend that she knew nothing and continue to be kept in the dark by Ruan Zhengsheng.

Seeing Tao Hongmei crying for her vanity, face and self-esteem, Ruan Tiantian suddenly felt that she was being too greedy and persuaded her, "Mom, just sign it. Dad will compensate you."

Tao Hongmei listened to her daughter's advice and burst into tears. She couldn't sign.

Once she signed, she would be denying the first half of her life, admitting her mistakes, and declaring her failure in life.

Even if Ruan Zhengsheng ignored her, put her under house arrest, and punished her, Tao Hongmei did not want such an outcome.

Seeing her mother, who had always been strong, become so cowardly, Ruan Tiantian couldn't help but explode and shouted at Tao Hongmei, "Mom, wake up! Everything is irreversible!"

"Sign it quickly!" Ruan Tiantian said with red eyes, digging her nails into her palms.

It was the first time that Tao Hongmei was treated like this by her own daughter. She shook her head at Ruan Tiantian with tears in her eyes and looked at Ruan Tiantian helplessly.

Uncle Ming silently handed over the documents and pen, a move that silently hinted at her.

Tao Hongmei was filled with despair. One by one, they treated her like this, no matter if they were strangers or her own daughter whom she doted on like the apple of her eye. They pushed her into despair and forced her to give up everything.

Ruan Tiantian took a deep breath, holding her waist, and stood up from the sofa with difficulty. Every step she took felt like she was walking on the edge of a knife. The wound on her lower back spread from her spine to all the nerves in her body. The pain made her face sweat and she bit her lower lip.

Ruan Tiantian snatched the documents and pen from Uncle Ming's hand, walked towards Tao Hongmei, and said, "Sign!"

Tao Hongmei shook her head and backed away until she had nowhere to retreat. She begged her daughter in the corner, "Don't force me... I don't want to divorce your father..."

Ruan Tiantian paused for a moment, hardened her heart, walked up to Tao Hongmei, squatted down, and said word by word: "Mom, don't you recognize the facts? It is Dad who wants to divorce you, and the decision is not in your hands."

Ruan Tiantian grabbed Tao Hongmei's hand, put the pen in her palm, and said to Tao Hongmei calmly, "Mom, sign it."

After saying that, tears from Ruan Tiantian's eyes fell and hit the back of Tao Hongmei's hand.

Tao Hongmei wanted to resist, but Ruan Tiantian used her skillful strength to control Tao Hongmei's hand. The tip of the pen fell next to Ruan Zhengsheng's name, and she guided Tao Hongmei's hand stroke by stroke to write Tao Hongmei's name.

Tao Hongmei watched the pen tip slide with tears in her eyes, and black lines appeared on the white paper. She cried out in pain: "I don't--" Her voice was so grief-stricken that it echoed throughout the Ruan family.

Later, when the servants of the Ruan family recalled this past, their brows were all frowned, and they shook their heads and sighed, "She cried so miserably, I couldn't bear to watch it."

Ruan Tiantian forced Tao Hongmei to sign. When she finished the last stroke, she immediately pulled out the document and handed it to Uncle Ming who was not far away, "Take it away!"

Before Tao Hongmei could react, the documents had already been put away by Uncle Ming.

Uncle Ming bowed and conveyed Ruan Zhengsheng's final instructions: "The president said that the house has been owned by my husband...Ms. Tao. Except for the dissolution of the marriage, everything else remains unchanged. A lawyer will handle the property distribution. I'm leaving first." He said everything quickly and turned to leave.

"No!" Tao Hongmei came to her senses and rushed over immediately, but she couldn't even grab Uncle Ming's trouser legs. She lay on the ground, watching Uncle Ming walk farther and farther away, looking at the documents in his hand, until he disappeared from her sight.

Ruan Tiantian sniffed, walked forward to hug her mother, and comforted her softly: "Mom, don't be afraid, you still have me." She couldn't help but cry again.

Tao Hongmei hugged her daughter tightly as if grasping at the last straw, and cried loudly: "Your father is so cruel!"

Ruan Tiantian cried silently, and she and Tao Hongmei hugged each other to comfort each other.

I'm here, Ruan Tiantian said silently in her heart.

From now on, the mother and daughter depend on each other.

In just one day, the Ruan family was turned upside down and incomplete.

After Uncle Ming left the Ruan family, he followed Ruan Zhengsheng's instructions and announced the divorce.

The announcement caused a sensation in the whole city.

The Nguyen couple, who had always been deeply in love and were regarded as a model couple in the business world, divorced quietly. The announcement said that the couple had confirmed the termination of their marriage through a peaceful agreement.

This reason made the public skeptical.

So within half a day, Ruan’s stock price rose and fell, fluctuating up and down, and was not stable at all.